Stories about: Apache Software Foundation

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    Apache readies Tomcat Java servlet container upgrade 05/11/2009 12:26:00

    The Apache Software Foundation for open source projects is readying an upgrade to its Tomcat Java servlet container, with improvements eyed in areas such as scalability and security, Apache personnel said on Wednesday afternoon.
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    Does GPL still matter? 11/08/2009 04:00:00

    Jeff Haynie reached a crossroads last summer. Haynie, CEO of Appcelerator, a firm that develops open source cross-platform application development software, made a decision filled with implications for his company's future. That decision: to toss away his upcoming product's Gnu General Public License (GPL), the best-known and most popular free software license, in favor of what he viewed as a more business-friendly alternative. "We initially started the product with a GPLv3 license and we decided last summer to move the license to Apache," Haynie says.
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    CIA's technology arm taps open source for enterprise search 17/06/2009 04:03:00

    The company in charge of providing technology to the U.S. intelligence community has invested in an open-source firm to provide enterprise-search technology to the CIA and other intelligence agencies.
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    Yahoo seeks Hadoop boost with release of internal version 11/06/2009 03:48:00

    To advance the adoption of the Hadoop technology for processing massive data sets, Yahoo will release a version of the software it has perfected to power many of its key sites and services.
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    Has Microsoft lost its war on open source? 21/04/2009 05:58:00

    Is Microsoft a friend or foe of open source? Going by the company's actions, Microsoft can't seem to decide whether to make love or war. But if it's war, Microsoft appears to lack the legal weaponry to defeat or even disturb its adversaries.
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    Google open source chief: IBM/Sun deal could benefit Java 23/03/2009 09:39:00

    Google's chief of open source believes an IBM acquisition of Sun could benefit the Java community, which has occasionally protested Sun's leadership role over the technology.
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    Microsoft sues Linux-based TomTom over patents 02/03/2009 08:46:00

    Microsoft's lawsuit against a Linux-based technology vendor TomTom over alleged patent violations could signal a more aggressive stance by the software giant over IP issues or could be just an isolated case involving a dispute with one vendor.
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    Microsoft releases Web Sandbox under open source 30/01/2009 08:07:00

    Microsoft has made source code for its Live Labs Web Sandbox project for securing Web content through isolation available via open source under the Apache License 2.0, according to a report this week on Microsoft's Port 25 site.
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    Sun's open source Java move gets mixed reviews 22/01/2009 09:11:00

    In November 2006, Sun Microsystems began making all of its Java technology implementations open source, offering them under the GPL. More than two years later, reactions are mixed as to what exactly has been the impact of this momentous change.
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    Microsoft revising 'us vs. them' attitude toward open source 10/12/2008 09:36:00

    When Microsoft completed its acquisition of San Francisco-based startup Powerset in July, it acquired more than just search-engine technology. In the HBase component of Powerset's product, Microsoft also acquired open-source code that is actively being redistributed back into the Apache Software Foundation's Hadoop project.
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    Mobile computing now an open-source driver 30/07/2008 08:44:42

    Mobile computing has become a dominant focus in the open source arena, a theme on prominent display at a major open source technology convention last week.
 
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